With calls for unity, Tehran hosts first Friday prayers in 20 months

Addressing worshipers before the main sermon of the Friday prayers, Sheikh Ghazi Yusuf Hanina, chairman of the Assembly of Lebanese Muslim Scholars, thanked Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for supporting the Lebanese people in the fight against Takfiri terrorists as well as Israel and the US.

President Raeisi says Muslim nations should forge strong unity, stay away from discord

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has called on Muslim nations to strengthen their unity and establish stronger relations, saying they should avoid any statement or measure that may create rifts within their ranks.

Former Iraqi premier urges Muslims to prepare for issues challenging Muslim world

Adil Abdul-Mahdi speaking at the opening ceremony of the 35th Islamic Unity Conference, currently underway in Tehran, while congratulating the auspicious occasion of the birthday anniversary of the holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH), expressed his pleasure for taking part in this Islamic event.

Amid outcry, calls mount for urgent action to protect Afghan Shias

Global condemnations continue to pour in after terrorist bombers attacked a Shia mosque in southern Afghanistan and killed dozens of worshipers attending Friday prayers.

Top Bahran cleric refutes Shia-Sunni divide, says Israel main issue of Muslim world

Bahrain’s leading cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim says there exists no divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims, but the Islamic world is in fact split into a camp that champions normalization with the Tel Aviv regime and one that adheres to the cause of resistance against Israel and the United States.

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Muharram rituals organizers threatened by Bahraini authorities

In 680 AD, on Ashoura- the tenth day of the holy month of Muharram- Husain Ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Imam of Shia Muslims, was martyred in the desert of Karbala, located in contemporary Iraq.

Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir (as) possessed divine virtues, spread fountains of knowledge

Born in Madina on Ist Rajab 57 Hijri, died in Madina on 7th Zilhijja 114 Hijri (31.1.733AD) at the age of 57 years. Period of Imamate 19 years. On the evidence of the most authentic Hadith narrated by Sunni and Shia historians, one of the companions of the Holy Prophet Jabir Ibn Abdallah Ansari was in the presence of the Holy Prophet. He asked the Prophet about the names of descendants from his daughter Hazrat Fatima and ‘Ali (as) . The Prophet told him,